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55 results found for '"Cocaine"' in Keywords.
Douglas Hogg on crack cocaine threat to Britain (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Office Minister Douglas Hogg is warning that the fight against the drugs barons who have targeted Britain as a market for crack cocaine will be no easy task. Hogg has just returned from the United...
Anti-crack offensive in UK (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Clive Myrie reports on UK Government attempts to prevent the spread of the drug crack cocaine. Includes interview with expert, Professor Griffith Edwards, Addiction Research Unit in London, about the...
Colombian drug wars-La Prensa editor’s view (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Oni Bhattacharya interviews Juan Carlos Pastrana, editor of the La Prensa newspaper, about the continuing drug war in Colombia. Narcotics barons are killing judges and bombing government targets over the...
Monica de Greiff will continue to fight drugs war (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement by Monica de Greiff, Colombia’s Justice Minister, following death threats against herself and her family. Speaking in Washington DC, she refutes allegations she’s about to resign and says...
Drugs raid in Colombia (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Woodley reports from the US on an anti-drugs operation in Colombia where the authorities have rounded up ten thousand people in the wake of the assassination of a leading politician. The killing seems...
Hurd on crack campaign (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, on Government proposals to fight the spread of crack, the deadly cocaine-based drug. Hurd says the Government will be embarking on an intensive campaign in local...
Anti-crack offensive in UK (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Affairs Committee chairman, John Wheeler, on UK Government attempts to prevent the spread of the use of the highly addictive drug crack cocaine which is already a large problem in the...
Douglas Hurd on drugs campaign (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary, interviewed by Michael Oâ Neill on need to prevent young people taking drugs, not just work on stopping drug traffickers and need to combat the new threat of crack cocaine....
Washington mayor on his drugs charges (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special
Nick Peters reports on the first public appearance of Washington DC mayor, Marion Barry, after his arrest on drugs charges including possession of cocaine. Includes extracts of his press statement where he...
Drugs summit in Colombia (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Cartagena, Colombia, on a drugs summit featuring the presidents of the USA, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. It was agreed to form an anti-drugs cartel in an attempt to put the cocaine...